Michele Bachmann dings Rick Perry on Pakistan

POLITICO's Reid Epstein, watching Michele Bachann's event in Iowa, reports that she's opening a new line of attack on Rick Perry:

Speaking to a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann took a shot at Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his fumbled Pakistan response at Thursday’s debate.

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“We can’t compromise this time,” she said. “We can’t settle for a candidate who doesn’t understand the problems that we have in the Middle East, who doesn’t understand the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

Later, in a response to a question from a supporter about Cuba policy, Bachmann reiterated her debate quip about keeping Cuba isolated as long as the State Department considers it’s a state sponsor of terror.

“Why would you normalize trading with a country that sponsors terror?” she said. “There are reports that have come out that Cuba is working with another terrorist organization called Hezbollah.”

She added: “We don’t want to see Palestine become a state until they renounce terrorism, that’s the problem with Cuba.”